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Murang'a County

Next 7 daysModerate21%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
early February – late March
Record year
2003179
Trend
−13%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +76%

Fire clock

Ring = year, slice = week. Click a ring to focus that year.

Total detections per year
YearTotal
2001112
200286
2003179
200481
200586
2006110
2007151
2008104
200996
201077
201183
2012122
2013112
201477
2015125
201683
2017114
201879
2019115
202053
2021117
2022155
202352
202444
202576
202664

Next 7 days

Moderate

Full risk view

0%

Moderate

Expected detections: ~1.6

  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • Rain expected (22 mm)↓
Sat27°
Sun27°
Mon27°
Tue27°
Wed27°
Thu27°
Fri27°

Right now

mid October

This week14

This week is more active than 100% of past years at this time

Year to date64
#23 of 26 yearsNormal: 93

Season

late August – mid March

Onset
late August
Peak
late September
End
mid March

Two-peak season: spring and summer–autumn

Critical windows

  • early February – late March

    34% of annual activity

  • early September – mid October

    31% of annual activity

The normal year vs 2026

Bands show the 25-year range; the white line is this year so far.

25-year history

The raw record jumps in 2012 when VIIRS arrives; the harmonized record does not.

Harmonized: −13%/10Raw: +76%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

11

  • 2003

    179

    1.9× the normal annual activity

    peak 2.5× stronger than normal

  • 2007

    151

    season began 8 weeks early

  • 2010

    77

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2013

    112

    season began 7 weeks early

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2014

    77

    season ended 5 weeks early

  • 2017

    114

    peak 2.1× stronger than normal

    season began 19 weeks late

  • 2019

    115

    season began 19 weeks late

  • 2020

    53

    only 0.6× the normal annual activity

    season ended 21 weeks early

  • 2023

    52

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

  • 2024

    44

    only 0.5× the normal annual activity

  • 2026

    64

    season ended 4 weeks early

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One fire history for the Land of Fire.

Built for the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2026.

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Data sources

NASA FIRMS, NASA POWER, Open-Meteo, OpenStreetMap, geoBoundaries, OpenFreeMap

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